Re: A new interpretation of 'Hare Krishna' Mahamantra
Namaste Viraja,
there is nothing to add to your last entry!
I always say ‚we got a brain to use it‘. But the brain is only one thing. With the brain you can grasp the intellectual part, with the brain you learn, you get knowledge, knowledge you can get from others. After the knowledge give space for wisdom to grow. Wisdom grows only in you, it cannot be transferred from others.
In the West always one question appears: Why are there 33 million ‚Gods‘ in Hinduism? A nice answer I got long ago: At this time 33 million humans lived on earth. Every human had ‚his God‘. That means there are as many views of the mystery as individuals on this planet. Every view is right for this individual. A mantra is the vessel of the mystery that reveals itself through sound to the individual, to you.
So be happy to be born into a tradition where question and interpret is not unworthy or blasphemous. Think of the teacher/student dialogues in the Upanishads, where the teacher always gives the impetus only and challenges the student to think for himself. Be happy to be born into a traditon where not one sacrosanct book is given, but six darshanas – with lots of sub-darshanas.
Pranam
Dance with Shiva - live with Shiva - merge with Shiva
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